WORD DETAIL
白桃
はくとう
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
白桃is readはくとうand refers to peaches with white flesh. - Basic usage: It appears in contexts such as chilling fruit to eat or checking for damage before packing it.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Spelling and reading
- Rather than attaching the standalone reading
ももof桃, read the whole word白桃asはくとう.
- Rather than attaching the standalone reading
- What the color describes
- The white in the name concerns the flesh. A white peach can have a red blush on its skin, so its exterior color alone does not determine the type.

